Box-fastener



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P. KLEY.

- 7 BOX FASTENER. No. 280,749. Patented July 3,- 1883.

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P. KLEY.

BOX FASTENBR. No. 280,749. I Patented July 3, 1883..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

FREnERIoK KLEY, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

BOX- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 280,749, dated July 3,1883.

Application filed May 17, 1883.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and-State of Indiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Boxes forTransporting Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of packing-boxes in which bottles andbottled goods are shipped, and which areadapted to be securely closed toprevent accidental displacement or falling out or tampering with thecontents of said boxes; and my improvements consist in a novelconstruction and arrangement of the locking devices of the box and lid,so that the latter may be automatically locked upon the former, and yetadapted to be easily unlocked by those understanding its construction,but not by meddlers, all as particularly hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the box withthe lid removed. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section of the same;Fig. 3, details.

A is the front of the box. B is the back, which projects above the frontand ends to a distance equal to the thickness of the cover, and O theremovable top or cover. The latter is provided with two or more pins ordowels, D D, secured to the under side of the same, and adapted toproject into corresponding holes, E E, in the back itself, or in metalplates F F, secured to said back.

G is a staple on the under side of the cover, near the front.

H is a spring-catch which is secured to the inner face of the box, andbent toward its top away from the front of the box, at its upper endfacing the back of the box.

dis a screw-threaded depression or socket made in said catch, and 70 ahole through the front of the box, which is on a line with said hole 2'.

a L is a key, which is simply a screw or pin having a screw-thread atone end adapted for the screw-threaded hole in the latch. This key mayhave any appropriate handle.

To put the lid or cover upon the box in its proper position, insert thedowels in their corresponding holes; drop or press down the lid (Nomodel.)

sothat the staple G will ride over the incline of the latch-hook untilit is caught by said hook. It is now locked, and it cannot be unlockedby the mode hitherto used of pushing back the catch by the insertion ofa pin through the hole in the front of the box. My construction involvesan entirely new principle.

No instrument can be used for unfastening the device for pushing thelatch. The more it is pushed the tighter it will hold. It can beunlocked only by pulling away the latch-hook, and this cannot be done byany ordinary pin, stick, or nail, but only by such a key as Ihavcdescribed, adapted to fit the threaded socket of the catch, and by whichit may be pulled forward and released.

The screw-threaded part for the reception of the key may be cut entirelythrough the catch; but I prefer to make it, as above described, not cutentirely through, because it would prevent any person from unfasteningthe catch by means of a hook or similar device. As the hook portion ofthe catch turns inward, the inner face of the front of the box does notneed to be cut away and weakened to receive the hook, as has beenformerly the case when the hook turned outward.

The lid, when on, rests directly on the top edges of the front and endsof the box and my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK KLEY.

\Vitnesses:

JAMEs L. NoRRIs, J 0s. L. OooMRs.

against the back, the lid being flush with the

